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A documentary on the life and work of Hillary Clinton is about to premiere on the streaming service Hulu. That’s a four-part documentary done in cooperation with Ms. Clinton and it’s a rather ambitious project coming to the audience in an interesting time, during another election year. The documentary also explores the role women played […]

Barack Obama was the youngest president in the nation’s history and that means that his retirement was bound to be somewhat unique as well, since he didn’t plan on giving up work in his 50s. One of the projects the Obama family started during this retirement is a production company in cooperation with Netflix. Their […]

The food industry is such a big part of our daily lives that we forget to think about it as an industry. However, that’s just what it is, it’s a for profit business and that means that sometimes its interests aren’t the same as the public interest. These documentaries explore food related subjects and they […]

The phrase “may you live in an interesting time” comes about quite often these days and that’s probably because we’re in the middle of such time right now. The political landscape seems to be divisive, chaotic and even scary. There’s however, one industry that’s thriving in such times and that’s documentary filmmaking. The documentaries provide […]

For a while now, everyone in the world of streaming have been looking for a company to take on Netflix and offer an equally broad and popular service. Now it seems that, it will be Disney plus that does that. It’s partly due to the huge archive of movies that Disney has the right to. […]

Music documentaries are a genre of their own and they have an aesthetic of their own. It may seem that they are sometimes as simple as making a biopic and sometimes as easy as filming a concert. However, none of it is the case and a music documentary needs to have some aesthetic of its […]

Writing and making documentary films shouldn’t be about awards that the industry gives out. However, these awards are important and they mean a lot of putting your name out there as a film maker. This is especially the case for a young filmmaker that needs that sort of support. The awards on our list aren’t […]

There are few events in the world of documentary film making as important as Big Sky Documentary Festival. It’s the biggest documentary festival in the mid-west and one of the biggest overall at least when it comes to the size of the selection. It’s an annual event and at the end of each festival there […]

Big Sky Festival is one of the largest and most popular documentary film festivals in the country and it has the widest selection of movies. They are usually separated by theme and there’s over a 150 films shown every year. The festival also provides the opportunity to young authors that haven’t had a chance to […]

Big sky documentary film festival is one of the biggest film festivals in the US and it’s the biggest one in the north west. The festival is a part of the institute made to promote the nonfiction storytelling in film. It brings stories from around the world to the American west and the festival grow […]

A documentary film about the life and work of Shane MacGowan, the front man of the Pogues is in the works for a while now. It has recently got a big boost in the team behind the camera. Johnny Depp will be its new co-producer. The decision to do so was met with approval for […]

There are always more than a few documentaries that grab the attention of the viewership and the industry. However, now when there are more ways to watch great documentary films than ever, many films that are worth your time get overlooked. This is a list of such smaller films that haven’t been hits with the […]

Investing in any artistic project creates a certain duality because it rarely happens that the interest of the finance behind the project and the artistic interest are one of the same. This is especially the case with documentary movie projects that also have a duty towards the public. This doesn’t mean that there’s no profit […]

Film festivals play a big role in the movie industry and especially so in the documentary film business. It’s a chance for a new and up and coming director to get the recognition from the industry but also to mingle and make deal and fund your future projects. The film festivals on our list are […]

There are many great and engaging ways to celebrate black history month. You should look for ways to do so in your community and within your own educational institutions. However, if you’re more up for a good educational program you can enjoy from home, there are great documentaries to accommodate you. The documentaries on our […]